Chief People Officer

Chief People Officer (Ref: 251815)

Permanent

Full Time, 36 Hours per Week

Band 8D (£107,810 - £112,426)

Edinburgh/Glasgow - Hybrid working will apply for the foreseeable future

Overview

The Chief People Officer is responsible for ensuring that Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) achieves the workforce priorities in our strategy, with a strong focus on ensuring we are an exemplar employer and having a workforce that is fit for the future.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, the role provides visible leadership to ensure good governance and accountability processes are in place to provide assurance to the Board and its Committees. As well as being a visible leader the postholder will support colleagues and role model a kind, compassionate and people first culture.

Responsibilities

The postholder will contribute to corporate management across all aspects of the Board's activity, actively contributing to the effective performance of the Board, routinely providing business views on corporate issues including but exclusive to the functional role. This pivotal and high impact role is the lead for Human Resources, Workforce Planning, Learning and Organisational Development, Occupational Health, Health Safety and Wellbeing, Facilities management and Diversity and Inclusion. The postholder is the Executive Lead for the Staff Governance Committee and the Executive Remuneration Committee, along with taking lead responsibility for several working groups.

The postholder will be responsible for all workforce related matters, including leading, directing and informing the development and implementation of a People and Workplace strategy to support the delivery of Health Improvement Scotland's strategy, vision, and purpose creating clear linkages to the delivery of the Annual Delivery Plan and Medium-Term Plan. Providing professional leadership, expertise and advice to the Board and the Executive Team to support strategic workforce decisions, manage risk and influence the key drivers to improve the culture, people's performance and resources to deliver safe, effective, and efficient service.

The Chief People Officer will ensure robust governance and strong accountability frameworks are in place-providing assurance to the Board and its Committees on all matters relating to workforce legislation, policy, compliance and best practice. As a key strategic leader within NHSScotland, the post holder will work collaboratively across the system to ensure that the People and Workplace strategy delivers continuous and quality improvement to its service that enables NHSScotland to deliver safe and effective, patient centered services in line with HIS's role within the broader health and social care system in Scotland. Providing professional input into National workstreams and be part of the national HR Director forum, representing Healthcare Improvement Scotland's interests as required.